Archives for October 2009

Happy Halloween, Ladies!

October 27, 2009 by Summer Brooks 2 Comments

Yes, it’s Halloween Week, and we’d like to extend a special shout-out to listener David Rita, who made sure that the B5 cast in our banner didn’t miss out on the spook-tivities!

Babylon Podcast #177: Meditations on the Abyss (Season 5)

October 23, 2009 by Summer Brooks 11 Comments

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey contemplate “Meditations on the Abyss”.

Examinations range from speculations on why G’Kar may have initially wanted his book to only be published after his death and the possible nature of the responsibility for the spirituality and spiritual explorations of his potential students/followers; to the nature of rationalization when deciding between doing the “right” thing and the “true” thing in the cases of both Findell and Lennier; and even a little bit on unrequited love.

SF Signal’s Mind Meld

October 16, 2009 by Summer Brooks Leave a Comment

SF Signal is one of my favorite scifi blogs. Go check it out for yourself, and see what I mean.

I also enjoy the variety of contributors John pulls from for the MIND MELD Q&A series.

Babylon Podcast #176: Feedbackapalooza

October 15, 2009 by Summer Brooks 5 Comments

Feedbackapalooza: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey respond to lots of voicemail!

We really are going to have to have a special follow-up Geeking on “Day of the Dead”, aren’t we? I never knew this episode was so polarizing amongst the fans, apparently moreso than Purple-Green!

Asked & Answered, Part 4

October 15, 2009 by Summer Brooks Leave a Comment

Asked and Answered Part 4 is J. Michael Straczynski’s real-time history of the beginnings of Babylon 5: from before the pilot (including the online announcement of the series) and through Season 1.

Part 4 is loaded with details that never made it to the screen as well as the origins of what did eventually air.